IN a stunning reversal, the conviction of so-called “Cannibal Cop” Gilberto Valle in a bizarre plot to cook, rape, kill and eat women was overturned by a federal judge after he ruled there was insufficient evidence to support it.

Manhattan Judge Paul Gardephe acquitted Valle on the charges stemming from the alleged flesh-eating fetish plot that even targeted his wife, reports The New York Post.

He had faced life in prison on that count after being convicted in March 2013 but could now go free as early as today.

“The evidentiary record is such that it is more likely than not the case that all of Valle’s internet communications about kidnapping are fantasy role-play,” Judge Gardephe wrote in his opinion.

However, the judge upheld Valle’s conviction on a second count of illegally using the NYPD’s federal database to compile a list of female targets and information on them.

Valle, who has been in jail since being arrested in late 2012, faced up to a year in prison on that count — so he has already served his time.

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